Mickey's never finished first Mike Hammer novel. Mike is fresh out of the army after WWII, and just starting up his PI business after quitting the NYPD. An old buddy who is dying asks him to deliver some dirty money to his pregnant wife without letting the mafia know what he's doing, since he stole it from them. Mike sneaks into town and is promptly arrested for rape and murder. Hammer, rape? C'mon now. We all know better. At any rate, Mike's sitting in jail, an eyewitness bribed to testify against him, when a high class society dame named Melba alibis him out. Melba is the daughter of the richest man in town, and Hammer can't figure out what her angle is, especially when she tells him he has to marry her. At first I thought maybe she was pregnant, but no, it was much worse. All in all a good story, it was great to see a not quite so bitter yet Hammer.
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